Administrative Data Used for Short Term Business Statistics by Bente Dyrberg

Administrative Data Used for Short Term Business Statistics by Bente Dyrberg

Outline • Danish background • Advantages for NSI • Adm. data in the stat. production • Quality aspects • Checking administrative data • Conclusion

1. The Danish background • Adm. reg. used since late 1960’ies • Use is still increasing Due to • Establishment of central public registers with unique identifiers • New Act on Stat. Denmark from 1966

1. Act on Statistics Denmark (1966) Stat. Denmark … will supervise in the establishment and utilisation of central public registers... … which can be used for statistical purposes

1. STS in Denmark 3 registers used for STS-indicators • Turnover (M) • Employment (Q) • Building ((M)/Q) + Traditional questionnaire-based surveys

2. Advantages for NSI’s Administrative sources • Cheaper for the NSI’s • Reduction of response burden

3. Adm. data in the statistical production • Direct as indicators • Indirect for checking, grossing up etc. • Common framework • Great flexibility - tables / service tasks • Integration with Business Register

4. Quality aspects • Definitions • Units : adm. ctr. stat. units • Timeliness – fast enough for STS ? • The updating of the register • Other aspects/risks: changes in adm. rules, other reporting periods, delays in data delivery etc

5. Checking administrative data • Quick overall check of the data delivery • Automatic editing procedure • Selected manual handling (first version) • Later versions, more checks • Comparison with other statistics • Do the figures look sensible ??

6. Conclusion Administrative Registers: • Quality aspects have to be considered • New quality routines should be built up • A usable register can be used directly and indirectly when producing statistics. • Economic advantages for NSI’s • Reduction of respondent burden

Administrative Data Used for Short Term Business Statistics by Bente Dyrberg